Medical imperialism in French North Africa : regenerating the Jewish community of colonial Tunis / Richard C. Parks.

Author/Creator:

Parks, Richard C., author.

Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2017]

Series:

France overseas
France overseas: studies in empire and decolonization

Format/Description:

Book
xvi, 196 pages ; 24 cm.

Subjects:

Jews -- Tunisia -- Tunis -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Jews -- Health and hygiene -- Tunisia -- Tunis.
Public health -- Tunisia -- History -- French occupation, 1881-1956.
Tunis (Tunisia) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Jews -- Health and hygiene.
Jews -- Social conditions
Public health.
Social conditions.
Tunisia
Tunisia -- Tunis

Form/Genre:

History.

Contents:

Situating regeneration: medicine, science, and "modern" bodies
Regenerating space: destruction and divided communities
Regenerating space, part 2: not all ghettoes are the same
Regenerating youth: the role of the alliance and the rise of Zionism
Regenerating women: the assertion of reproductive control
Conclusion: a brief reflection on identity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other format:

Online version: Parks, Richard C. Medical imperialism in French North Africa.

ISBN:

9780803268456
0803268459

OCLC:

978351466

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